Thambhitatta (neuter) [abstract to thambha] = thambha 2, viz. hardness, rigidity, obduracy, obstinacy Vibh 350. Note: Quite a late development of the term, caused by a misinterpretation of chambhitatta, is "fluctuation, unsteadiness, inflation" at Dhs 965 (in definition of vāyodhātu: chambhittattaṃ [?] thambhitattaṃ. See on this BMPE page 223, note 2), and at Vibh 168 (in definition of vicikicchā; v.l. chambhitatta), and at As 338 (of vayo). None of these meanings originally belong to the term thambha.
(nt, nt, abstr, from thambhita) stifness; rigidity; inflexibility [lit.] stiffened Construction: √thambh + ita + tta thambhita + tta